# 3. Historical background

➜ Start this part of your Literary History File with a title page: Middle Ages. Find an appropriate illustration here.
➜ Study the links and videos below to get an idea of the historical background of the Middle Ages in England.
➜ Write a summary in your Literary History File of what you've learned. Be sure to include the following key words in your summary:
key words: Anglo-Saxon, Conversion to Christianity, Danelaw, Lindisfarne, Norman Conquest, Battle of Hastings, Magna Carta, feudalism, Black Death, The Wars of the Roses.
➜ Upload your summary to Seesaw/Egodact.

Useful websites

English Heritage - Early Medieval England

English Heritage - Medieval England

Wikipedia - England in the Middle Ages

BBC History - Medieval England

Useful videos

1. How was England formed? About the rise of the kingdom of England in the 2nd half of the 1st millennium.

2. How the Normans changed the history of Europe. Starting with the Norman Conquest of 1066 and describing what other things they accomplished in England and Europe.

3. Where did English come from? The origins of the English Language